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What Is a Good Real Estate Investment?

4:00 pm, January 17, 2012

A “good real estate investment” can mean different things to different people, so make sure you know what you're getting yourself into before you buy.

 

How to Know Which Property Investments Will Pay Off

3:00 pm, January 17, 2012

Real estate prices are low these days as the housing market continues to struggle, but not all buys will be a good investment.

 

5 Essential Tips for Anyone Buying a Home With Drilling Rights

2:46 pm, January 10, 2012

Here are some tips to keep in mind if you’re looking to buy a home in which the seller retains the rights to recover oil, gas or minerals that lie below the surface ...

 

The Problems With the Good Faith Estimate

4:00 pm, January 03, 2012

Understanding closing costs, financing, and entire lending process with a Good Faith Estimate (GFE) is difficult for most people. How can we improve upon the existing ...

 

FHA to Home Flippers: Keep On Rolling

12:27 pm, December 30, 2011

The FHA has decided to give flippers a break, extending a waiver that allows them to keep getting insurance on homes that are bought and resold in 90 days.
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When Rent-to-Own Homes Are a Good Idea

3:24 pm, December 29, 2011

Rent-to-own deals don’t have the best rap, but they can actually prove useful in today’s troubled housing market, allowing buyers and sellers to lock in deals ...

 

Why You Should Never Buy the First Home You See

4:00 pm, December 27, 2011

When shopping around for a new home, the stars don’t always align and the deal doesn’t go through, and that can be a good thing.

 

Which Is More Profitable: Buying or Renting?

2:02 pm, December 27, 2011

A new study finds that renting a home is generally more profitable than buying – except under unusual economic conditions like those of today.

 

Foreclosure Crisis Far From Over, Report Warns

12:00 pm, December 20, 2011

A new report looking at delinquency and default rates for loans signed during the housing boom shows some disturbing trendlines that suggest plenty of foreclosures ...

 

How Is Square Footage Measured? You’ll Be Surprised

5:00 pm, December 13, 2011

An inch is an inch is an inch. Or, so you’d think. But when it comes to measuring the square footage of a property, it’s not quite that simple.

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